Upright-piano-pedal mounting.



C. ,RAM'SEY.

UPRIGHT PIANO PEDAL ,moumme.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, I910.

Patented J 11110 20, 1916.

CHARLES RAMSEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UPBIGHT-PIANO-PEDAL MOUNTING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented une 20, 1916.

Application filed June 17, 1910. Serial No. 567,523.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES RAMSEY, a citizenof the United States, and resldent of New York city, in the county ofNew York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Upright-Piano-Pedal Mountings, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in the pedal action or trap workso-called, of an upright piano.

The object of the invention is to supply a convenient mounting for thepedal levers of upright pianos, and to reduce the cost of such trapwork.This object I attain in the manner and by the mechanism hereinafterdescribed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 shows my improved pedal lever, with the metal lever holder andmetal spring mounting. Fig. 2 shows my improved metal holder or block,and the adjustable lever removed therefrom. Fig. 3 shows an end view ofthe block shown in Fig. 2. Fig. t is a plan view of the under side ofthe bracket spring, connecting the block with the bottom board. Fig. 5shows my improved pedal mounting complete, fixed to the bottom board ofthe piano and connected to the pedals. Fig. 6 shows a modification inconstruction of my improved pedal lever block.

Similar reference marks refer to similar parts throughout the severaldrawings.

The numeral 1 shows my adjustable pedal lever, usually made of squaremetal rod. At 2, 2 and 2 Fig. 5, is shown the metal lever block orholder, through which is a hole or slot 3, adapted to receive the levers1, 1 and 1. The levers 1, 1 and 1 are held at any point set in theirrespective block or holder 2, 2" and 2 by the set screw 4. I

At 5, 5 and 5 are shown the three pedalssoft, muffled and loud,attachedto the bottom board 6 in the usual way; the adjustable connectionsconnecting the levers 1, 1 and 1 with the pedals 5, 5 and 5, are shownat 7 7 and 7. At 8, 8 and 8 are shown my pivotal spring mountings orbrackets for holding the lever blocks 2, 2 and 2". Preferably thisbracket is made of flat steel, with the two spreading arms or legs fixedto the bottom'board securely as shown; and the upper ends are fixed tothe blocks 2, 2 and 2 by being forced into the slot 9 (see Fig. 2) theupper part of said slot being enlarged or rounded so as to take in therounded or expanded top of the steel bracket. The stress of springbrackets on the levers, or upward pull on the pedals may be increased ordiminished as desired, by moving the bracket 8, 8 on 8 to or from thepedals.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 I make the block 2 of stamped sheetmetal, the hole 3 being formed by turning down inwardly a part of thesides 12 and 12, thus forming a rest for the pedal lever, as

shown in the drawing,

A great advantage in my invention is the time saved in attaching andadjusting the pedal mountings, as the lever readily slips through theblock (2, 2 or 2); and the proper stress of the spring brackets isobtained without disconnecting either end of the levers (1, 1' or 1)from the pedals below or muffler rail above,-the oblong screw holes 10and 10 in the bottom of bracket 8 (see Fig. 4) allowing this movement bysimply loosening the screws 11 (see Fig. 6), so that the bracket 8 maybe moved along the bottom board 6, either farther from or nearer to thepedals-thus diminishing or increasing the pressure required on thepedals, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new andoriginal anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an upright piano pedal mounting, the combination of the springbracket 8, with the block 2 fixed to said bracket and having the hole 3therein; the set screw 4 fixed to said block; and the movable lever 1,arranged to be held in place in said block by the said set screw 4.-.

2. In an upright piano pedal mounting, the bracket 8 having twohorizontal and two vertical members; and a fixed sheet metal topsurmounted thereon, with an New York and State of New York, this 4thopening therethrough; in operative combiday of June A. D. 1910.

nation with a movable lever adjustable in said opening and arranged tobe set at any CHARLES RAMSEY predetermined point and held firmly inWVitnesses: place by the set-screw 4. LULU G. GADSDEN, Signed at NewYork in the county of DOWNING VAUX.

001101 of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commiuioner of Patent, ,Wuhhgton, D. 0."

